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1. Pivot
   The USS Pivot was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Pivot was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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2. Pivot
   Price level established as being significant by market's failure to penetrate or as being significant when a sudden increase in volume accompanies the move through the price level.
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3. pivot
   [n] - the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver 2. [n] - axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns 3. [n] - the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot 4. [v] - turn on a pivot
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4. Pivot
   The narrow tip of an arbor, rotating in a hole pierced in one of the plates (usually, since the late 1800s, with a jewel by way of bearing).  The steel used for arbors is quite brittle and pivots often break, especially at the outer end of the balance-staff.
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5. Pivot
   Piv'ot noun [ F.; probably akin to Italian piva pipe, French pipe . See Pipe .] 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in ...
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6. Pivot
   Piv'ot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pivoted ; present participle & verbal noun Pivoting .] To place on a pivot. Clarke.
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7. pivot
   1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. ... 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. ... 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot ...
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8. pivot
   noun the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; `the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot`
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9. pivot
   noun axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
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10. pivot
    pivot man noun the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver
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11. Pivot
    • (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. • (n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. • (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, ...
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12. pivot
    (from the article `basketball`) A movement in which a player with the ball steps once or more in any direction with the same foot while the other foot (pivot foot) is kept at its ...
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13. Pivot
    Price level established as being significant by market`s failure to penetrate or as being significant when a sudden increase in volume accompanies the move through the price level.
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14. Pivot
    A price level that is considered to be significant for a particular security. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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15. Pivot
    This is the algebra associated with an iteration of Gauss-Jordan elimination, using the forward transformation. The tableaux for a pivot on element a(p,q) (not= 0), which means nonbasic variable x_q enters the basis in exchange for basic variable x_p, are as follows: Before pivot: Basic Nonbasic Var...
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16. pivot
    a center; also the foot that must remain touching the floor until a ball handler who has stopped dribbling is ready to pass or shoot.
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17. pivot
    Type: Term Pronunciation: piv′ŏt Definitions: 1. A post on which something hinges or turns.
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18. pivot
    In physics, the part of a mechanism or machine that allows a turning motion. For example, in a see-saw the pivot at the centre allows one side to move down when an effort is applied and the opposite side with a load to move up. The pivot in a pair of scissors is the screw that holds the two parts of the scissors together
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19. pivot
    The rotation of the shoulders, trunk and pelvis during the golf swing.
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20. pivot
    Turning with the dog.
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21. Pivot
    Crisp, prompt turn on the hindquarters
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22. Pivot
    During the swing the upper body of a golfer turns and coils a bit. That is called pivot.
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23. Pivot
    The rotation of the body during a swing.
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24. Pivot
    (US band) `Pivot` is a United States rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina featuring Brian Kelly on vocals, Eric Hambright on guitar, Mike Hambright on bass, and Phil Cicco on drums. Discography:
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25. Pivot
    (album) `Pivot` (2000) is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album Watchful (1997) except with a somewhat more active and direct approach. The lyrics are also more literal and emoti...
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